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Dosage os Tamoxifen
I have just started on 20mg of tamoxifen but I get zero sleep on it. I have had breast cancer previously and took 10mg tamoxifen and coped quite well, this time however my oncologist wants me on 20mg. It seems like a double edged sword, if I am not sleeping I can take more drugs to help me sleep. I do not want to go down that path. It was eight years between my two cancers so I figure the 10 mg must of done something but my doctor is now saying either tolerate the 20mg or take nothing. Any other ladies been down this path? My decision at the end of the day I suppose if I take anything or not, but have to live with that decision also. It is 2.18am, this is day five of no sleep
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- Haha how funny, I know of two sources, one from Mullumbimby with no thc, the other from Caboolture with 3% thc
- Apparently it was purchased in Nimbin (where else?)and also contained THC.
- I am looking into cannabis oil, I have a friend with stage 4 lung cancer who is using it. I spoke to my GP about it today and she is very open to it but said it can be helpful in a lot of cases but she said it could be deadly because how do you know what you are really getting and at what dosage. I think I would be open to giving it a go, I have been thinking about it for months now
- I mentioned cannabis oil on the post for Letrozole. The FB group was also talking about it helping with sleep problems due to medication
- Kesmusc, good luck with your scans next week, scary when they come around, always set you on edge until you get all clear
- Understand where you are coming from completely, rang my specialist this morning and asked if I could go down to 10 mg and try that instead of stopping treatment, he has agreed to that and we have come to an agreement that if this still does not agree with me then I stop altogether. I have tried Arimidex, Aromasin, Femara and tamoxifen, at the end of the day I have to weigh up the quality of my life and affect it has on my family opposed to taking these drugs which are lethal to me. Good luck and love to anyone on these
- No apologies necessary @kezmusc.
- F*@#$ F*&^%ng Tamoxifen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That pretty much sums up my thoughts about it.. 8 weeks back on it for the fourth time and here we go again with the head malfunction. Fantastic, just what I need three days before my scans. Would have been nice to have my brain intact to get through that day.
Sorry for rant and shouty swear words. - Can relate to that, first time round was bad enough, confronting it again for a second time and going through the process all over again with the same mental torment, the mood swings, the changes in relationships etc it seems to go on and on
- I'm afraid so @Pink. I am filled with anger at how it's changed my life, and me.
